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‘Lasting, creating success.
Not a mistake.
Constancy bears fruit,
Fruitful to have somewhere to go.’
‘Thunder and wind, Lasting.
A noble one stands firm and does not change his bearings.’
‘Influence, creating success.
Constancy bears fruit.
Taking a woman, good fortune.’
‘Lasting, creating success.
Not a mistake.
Constancy bears fruit,
Fruitful to have somewhere to go.’
Oracle texts for hexagrams 31 and 32
‘Influence calls, Lasting endures.’
Zagua, Contrasting hexagrams
‘The way of husband and wife cannot fail to endure, and so Lasting follows. Lasting means enduring.’
Xugua, Sequence of hexagrams
Long-lasting in its dao, the dao of heaven and earth, heng is long-lasting and never stops. Favourable when there is somewhere to go: an end must be followed by a new beginning.
Sun and moon are set in heaven
and can shine on for ever;
the four seasons change in sequence
and can go on for ever.
Sages are long-lasting in their dao,
so that all under heaven can be realised.
Observe what is heng, and the nature of all things in heaven and earth can be seen.
(Rutt, Zhouyi)
To find this (in case I'm not the only one who finds Sears' site helpful but also a little confusing):Sears summarises this as “Two sides of the sky with something going across – boat, sun, moon, stars.”
Thank you Hilary for this post and your thoughtful reflections. The concept of orientation is a familiar musing to me and this was lovely to readLasting happens through change.
Clarity,
Office 17622,
PO Box 6945,
London.
W1A 6US
United Kingdom
Phone/ Voicemail:
+44 (0)20 3287 3053 (UK)
+1 (561) 459-4758 (US).